"Hana?" Kanaria frowned. She didn't understand why Hana would call him at this ti.
Clovis glanced at Kanaria first before accepting the call.
"Hello, Clovis."
"Yes? Do you need sothing? It's unlike you to call ." Clovis furrowed his eyebrows.
"Sorry if I interrupt your activity, but there is sothing you need to know." Hana paused for a mont.
"From my grandfather?" Clovis asked.
"No. It seems like we have to launch the product a bit faster than the agreent."
"What do you an?" Clovis' expression turned solemn. "We've agreed that you'll introduce it once I go there…"
"Yeah. There are so rats sniffing around, especially with your grandfather getting involved in this matter." Hana sighed.
"Are you blaming my grandfather?"
"Of course not. How can I be so rude? I'm not blaming your grandfather. I'm just wondering if it's possible to release it according to the schedule. Of course, I'll also compensate you once you reach this place."
"How about the research itself? Have you tested everything?"
"Yes. According to what we've found, there are no weird side effects. The research itself is a major success. In two months, we should be able to produce it right away. Right now, I'm buying beast souls bit by bit."
"So, when are you going to release it?"
Hana paused for a mont. "The situation hasn't gone out of control again, but my prediction is in four to five months."
"About two hours ahead of the schedule, huh?" Clovis frowned. He wondered if he could reach Tier 3 before that. "If that's the case, I might need so money to do that."
"It's hard to give you the money, especially since we're in different countries. Those people will most likely find out."
"I don't need a lot. How about giving 20… no, 15 million? This is a small sum, right? You can just give the rest once I go to your place." Clovis asked.
"Give three days."
"Alright."
"Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience." Hana apologized first before hanging up.
Clovis couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose. While a few things had gone according to plan, so had deviated.
"Take it easy. You have been working hard in the past two days because of Ivan." Kanaria patted Clovis' back before putting his head on her lap. "How about getting so sleep first? I'll wake you up once we arrive."
Clovis looked as if he wanted to reject it, but seeing Kanaria's concerned face, Clovis decided to accept it.
"Alright." Clovis let out a long sigh as he gradually closed his eyes. But when he was about to go to sleep, the darkness that appeared once he closed his eyes acted weirdly.
There was a static sound ringing in his ears for a split second. And that darkness suddenly glitched.
Before Clovis had the chance to react, the glitch expanded and ford a broken screen panel. It was red in color, as if it were an error.
At the sa ti, a part of the screen fell off as if it were made of nurous smaller squares.
More importantly, he could see words written on the panel. He was only able to see the upper part of the panel, but the words on it shocked him the most.
[#1 Mission Completed.]
However, this panel suddenly disappeared.
"!!!" Clovis rose from Kanaria's laps with eyes wide open. His back was drenched in sweat, sothing he had never experienced before when he was about to sleep in this cold car. "What happened? Mission? Completed? No, why does it have a number?
The first mission?"
Clovis suddenly clutched his head as excruciating pain suddenly spread all over his head. "Aaaaggghhh!"
Clovis could endure a lot of pain, but the pain that was currently spreading was beyond his imagination. The pain couldn't be described by words, as Clovis was banging his head on the back of the driver's seat as if he had gone crazy. "Aaaggghhh!"
"Clovis? Clovis?!" Kanaria panicked, never seeing Clovis in this state. "What is happening?"
Even Jay kept glancing at Clovis in the rear-view mirror.
She tried to stop Clovis from banging his head. Fortunately, the back of the seat was quite soft, or Clovis' head would have bled.
But once she managed to stop Clovis, he suddenly passed out.
"Clovis?" Kanaria was still in shock. She didn't know what to do at first, but she hurriedly said with a shaking voice, "Jay. Hurry up! Hospital!"
Jay also panicked and stepped on the gas.
…
In a spacious underground cave, a man, almost three ters tall, lifted his head while rising from his huge throne. He took out his blindfold for a mont before his expression turned solemn.
"So another one has appeared. Who is it this ti?" The man stared at the cave's ceiling toward the southwest. "Are you a friend or an enemy? No. This ti, it's still too weak. That person might still not understand what's going on.
Besides, it's too far from here, so it's impossible to find out that person's identity.
"Nevertheless, unravel the truth of this world, for we are the truth seekers." The man's gaze beca even more intense as there was a plus shape in his pupils.
…
On a desolate road, a woman was currently standing on top of more than a thousand beast corpses. She had long black hair, with her bang covering her left eye. Her face and her heart were devoid of emotion.
She cast her gaze at the sky to the north. "A glitch?"
After a mont, she looked down on her heart before clutching her chest. "Why does my dead heart feel a connection with that glitch? This is the first ti I've experienced sothing like this. What does it an?"
She first looked at the west as if she were staring at her next destination. But after a montary silence, she turned to the north and started climbing down the mountain of corpses.
Once she reached the ground, there were two beasts approaching her from both sides.
However, when they were about to reach her, the beasts suddenly disintegrated as if they were sliced into nurous pieces in an instant.
The woman continued walking toward the north as if nothing had happened.
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